Public Address | Cafe | Hard News: Jim looks back at the big Oscar movies https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-jim-looks-back-at-the-big-oscar/?p=310160#post310160 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-jim-looks-back-at-the-big-oscar/?p=310160#post310160 A couple of updates. The Oscar movies Jim missed in the first oen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icCiAJo75hI

And his rave review (surprising even himself) of The Raid 2:

http://youtu.be/wq-07b1RjZA

]]> Thu, 10 Apr 2014 12:38:50 +1200 Cecelia https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-jim-looks-back-at-the-big-oscar/?p=308744#post308744 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-jim-looks-back-at-the-big-oscar/?p=308744#post308744 Wed, 26 Mar 2014 15:54:16 +1300 Emma Neale https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-jim-looks-back-at-the-big-oscar/?p=308732#post308732 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-jim-looks-back-at-the-big-oscar/?p=308732#post308732 Wed, 26 Mar 2014 15:16:03 +1300 Tristan https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-jim-looks-back-at-the-big-oscar/?p=308718#post308718 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-jim-looks-back-at-the-big-oscar/?p=308718#post308718 I bloody love a good jump cuts!

(After watching 12 years a slave I had to go an watch 7 days before I could sleep)

]]> Wed, 26 Mar 2014 14:19:33 +1300 Jimmy Rae Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-jim-looks-back-at-the-big-oscar/?p=308709#post308709 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-jim-looks-back-at-the-big-oscar/?p=308709#post308709 Wed, 26 Mar 2014 14:00:20 +1300 Geoff Lealand https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-jim-looks-back-at-the-big-oscar/?p=308702#post308702 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-jim-looks-back-at-the-big-oscar/?p=308702#post308702 Good on you, Jimmy. I didn’t like American Hustle either–and have never watched Mary Poppins. ‘Tonally inconsistent’–very sharp.

Must link this to my http://cinemasofnz.info site

]]> Wed, 26 Mar 2014 13:46:30 +1300 Simon Bennett https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-jim-looks-back-at-the-big-oscar/?p=308690#post308690 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-jim-looks-back-at-the-big-oscar/?p=308690#post308690 Wed, 26 Mar 2014 13:13:51 +1300 Stephen R https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-jim-looks-back-at-the-big-oscar/?p=308686#post308686 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-jim-looks-back-at-the-big-oscar/?p=308686#post308686 can i cast a vote for 60 second film summaries with jimmy? this was great

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]]> Wed, 26 Mar 2014 12:56:10 +1300 Sue https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-jim-looks-back-at-the-big-oscar/?p=308683#post308683 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-jim-looks-back-at-the-big-oscar/?p=308683#post308683 Wed, 26 Mar 2014 12:47:00 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-jim-looks-back-at-the-big-oscar/?p=308680#post308680 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-jim-looks-back-at-the-big-oscar/?p=308680#post308680 12 Years a Slave for precisely the reason you end up pitching as it's flaw – too damned good. Felt the same way about Schindler's List which I never finished, was far, far too bummed out by some… ]]> Wed, 26 Mar 2014 12:40:04 +1300 Mike Kilpatrick https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-jim-looks-back-at-the-big-oscar/?p=308657#post308657 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-jim-looks-back-at-the-big-oscar/?p=308657#post308657 Thoroughly enjoyed listening to this. I loved Jimmy's 'Don't judge me' line before his review of 'Blue is the Warmest Colour' and I heartily endorse his decision to call 'Her' the best of them all.

I struggled with quite a few of these films and think many failed to live…

]]> Wed, 26 Mar 2014 09:50:28 +1300 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-jim-looks-back-at-the-big-oscar/?p=308656#post308656 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-jim-looks-back-at-the-big-oscar/?p=308656#post308656 Discussion from blog post.

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